Hi Pete, > As has been stated elsewhere in this thread, you can > apply effects to > Specimen via jack-rack. However, since it only has > one pair of output > ports, using effects is a sub-optimal experience (to > put it nicely). > When each patch has it's own port, the situation > will be much better. Will the design be for user definable ports? I'm not familiar with Specimen and don't know how you define a patch. Assuming that a patch is an instrument and a drum kit could be eight instruments (one patch) then the drum kit patch could be eight 1in/2out ports for a total of 16. It isn't difficult to begin exausting available ports. In my mind a routing system similar to that in Ardour would be interesting because the user can manage physical and user defined ports in anyway that fits their audio hardware and personal preferences. I don't think having one master bus output to hardware is ideal either because a user might want to process the snare drum in a rackmount reverb that's connected to a hardware mixer. I don't really know what you're designing but thought I'd make a few assumptions and toss a couple half baked thoughts in your direction. ron > Pete > > www.gazuga.net > > ===================================================================== > "I saw the movie 'I, Robot' recently, a film based > loosely on a book > written by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. In > case you're not > familiar with Asimov's writing, here's a list of > things the movie had > in common with the book: > > * The title." > > [maddox.xmission.com] > ===================================================================== > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
